SPLENDID WAR SPIRIT OF INDIA

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2320, 30 November 1914, Page 5

SPLENDID WAR SPIRIT OF INDIA

OVERWHELMING RUSH FOR 1-S ENLISTMENT ../ ~ L_ _:- '■ ■ ■-■ ~ / ' : , Delhi, November' 27. • The war news continues to absorb" the entire interest of all communities In India. The whole country is engaged., in furthering schemeß of every tdiid forfl assisting an ultimate victory. Practieal-cJ ly everyj Englishwoman in India is working for the comfort of the troops. The ! daily telegrams telling of victories and!' reverses are received- throughout the' , country in quiet and supreme confidence.. ' as to the result of the struggle. •The recruiting of the native army con< J tinues in an extraordinary'manner. The fighting Taces' martial instincts havebeeh whetted by the accounts of the In.J dians' feats at the front. The conse-J quence is that the number of. applica-f ■ tions received by the Connnander-in4'. Chief is so great that ho is obliged tot forbid officers forwarding requests to bjs, allowed to proceed for service. .'■ DRILLING FOR HOME DEFENCE ' IN BRITAIN/. .-■;■■ . London, November 27;'' ' Xn' announoement was made at a' Guildhall meeting for the promotion of Home defence, that nearly a million men tvho are ineligible for service at tlia , tront are giving wp their spare time to • ■ drill.—("Times,and Sydney "Sun"- Ser-* vices.) ...